The metaverse, at least as Mark Zuckerberg perceives and is developing it, has become a laughingstock.

This immersive virtual world, in which we must interact through avatars, has been almost dead due to the difficulties of Facebook, known since last October as Meta Platforms. (GOAL) .

Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has made the metaverse the next big thing in his social media empire. A year later, these efforts have already cost the group $16 billion.

Calls for Meta to abandon the concept and harshly critical press articles are growing.